Richard Crooks, 1900- – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Richard Crooks, 1900- in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Richard Crooks, 1900-
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Richard Crooks, the American operatic tenor pictured here, was born Alexander Richard Crooks in 1900 and joined the Metropolitan Opera company in 1933, the year this portrait was made. The photograph is by Pirie MacDonald, a Manhattan studio portraitist known for formal studio work of prominent sitters in the early twentieth century. Its caption card is marked as unverified, so the exact sitting date and circumstances are not confirmed, but the image offers a clear record of how a rising concert and opera singer was presented to the public in the early 1930s.
| Created / published | 1933 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photo by Pirie MacDonald. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Shelf. Nameappl. Websites; Crooks, Richard, in full Alexander Richard, 1900- Amer. Operatic tenor; w/ met. opera co. (from 1933). |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,022 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-141245 |
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